[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 648 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 648

To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities 
  for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the 
                                 House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2006

 Mr. Dreier submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
   the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
   Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities 
  for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the 
                                 House.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. FLOOR PRIVILEGES OF FORMER MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.

    Clause 4 of rule IV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``4. (a) A former Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; a 
former Parliamentarian of the House; or a former elected officer of the 
House or former minority employee nominated as an elected officer of 
the House shall not be entitled to the privilege of admission to the 
Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto if he or she--
            ``(1) is a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
        principal as those terms are defined in clause 5 of rule XXV;
            ``(2) has any direct personal or pecuniary interest in any 
        legislative measure pending before the House or reported by a 
        committee; or
            ``(3) is in the employ of or represents any party or 
        organization for the purpose of influencing, directly or 
        indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of any 
        legislative proposal.
    ``(b) The Speaker may promulgate regulations that exempt ceremonial 
or educational functions from the restrictions of this clause.''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ACCESS TO MEMBER EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR LOBBYISTS 
              WHO ARE FORMER MEMBERS OR OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--The House of Representatives may not provide 
access to any exercise facility which is made available exclusively to 
Members and former Members, officers and former officers of the House 
of Representatives, and their spouses to any former Member, former 
officer, or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or agent of a foreign 
principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For purposes of this 
section, the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' includes a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
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